University College Cork

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Founded in 1845, University College Cork (UCC) is Ireland’s first five star university, and has been voted Sunday Times Irish University of the year four times in the last 12 years, including 2016. It was the first university in the world to be awarded the International Green Flag for environmental endeavors. Read more About UCC here, or view a short Overview of UCC here.

UCC Ornithology Group

The Ornithology Group at UCC is made up of staff based at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), and at the MaREI Centre (part of the Environmental Research Institute).

Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI)

The SFI Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) Centre is a cluster of key academic and industrial partners dedicated to solving the main scientific, technical and socio-economic challenges related to marine renewable energy. The Centre comprises internationally recognised experts in Marine Renewable Energy and associated and complementary fields capable of providing the underpinning research necessary for Ireland to achieve a commercially successful MRE industry.

MaREI contains significant world-class research infrastructure to support industry requirements, including the National Ocean Test Facility (Beaufort, UCC), Structural Testing Facility (NUIG) and Coastal Observing Radar System (NUIG), amongst others. In addition, MaREI provides numerous ancillary testing and research facilities and services. MaREI will also have access to National Test Facilities such as the Galway Bay Quarter Scale Test Site, and AMETS/Belmullet full-scale test site.